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Break forth into thanksgiving, Ye banded instruments of wind and chords! Unite, to praise the Ever-living, Your inarticulate notes with the voice of words, Nor hushed be service from the lowing mead, Nor mute the forest hum of noon: Thou too be heard lone eagle! freed From snowy peak and cloud, attune Thy hungry barkings to the hymn Of joy, that from her utmost walls The six days work, by flaming Seraphim Transmits to Heaven! as deep to deep Shouting through one valley rolls; All worlds, all nature, mood and measure keep For praise and ceaseless gratulation poured Into the ear of God—their Lord.
Break forth into thanksgiving, Ye banded instruments of wind and chords! Unite, to praise the Ever-living, Your inarticulate notes with the voice of words, Nor hushed be service from the lowing mead, Nor mute the forest hum of noon: Thou too be heard lone eagle! freed From snowy peak and cloud, attune Thy hungry barkings to the hymn Of joy, that from her utmost walls The six days work, by flaming Seraphim Transmits to Heaven! as deep to deep Shouting through one valley rolls; All worlds, all nature, mood and measure keep For praise and ceaseless gratulation poured Into the ear of God—their Lord.
Approximate author period: c. 1810 AD · industrial
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- William Wordsworth
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- Approximate author period: c. 1810 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 598 · printed citation: Wordsworth · subject: THANKFULNESS
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